PAGE SEVEN ... JrlV SCi!uL LESSQI1 TK3 Fr:r.QUETAN3 WE2ZLY, HERTFORD, N. C FSIDAY, JANUARY 8, 1954. Pcrquimcns Church Services JE3US USES HIS AUTHORITY i .f a 3 i a -I i international ounuay ocouvi uesaun i For January 10th, 1954. j . . Memory Selection: "God is spirit, and those who worship him must wor ship in spirit and truth." John 4:24. Lesson Text t John 2:13-25. Our lesson for last week was a dis cussion of the Prologue to John's Gos pel, in which the Beloved Disciple sought to prove that Jesus was both - human and divine -the Son of man : and the Son of God and that before the world began, Jesus was with God. and that he was made flesh and dwelt among men. . John 2, from which our lesson for this week is taken, marshals further evidence for faith in Christ as the Son of God, the aim, as pointed out last! week, of John in writing ms gospel. This purpose, John felt, could be best accomplished, not by argument, but by relating certain "signs" or mani festations, which elicited faith in the first disciples and still bear evidence of the unique personality of Jesus. ' In this chapter, John relates two of ' these "signs." They indicate the au thority of Jesus in the intimate, per sonal matters of social courtesy in the " home, and also in such public affairs as the proper manner in which the things of the Temple should be con ducted. 1 There are three institutions in our modern society which are fundamen tally important the home, the church and the school. In Jesus' time, the home and the church (synagogue) pro vided whatever schooling the child re ceived and, therefore, it is significant ' that, in one lesson, we consider Jesus' : attitude toward both institutions. In the first part of the second chap ter of John's Gospel, John relates an incident which happened in Cana, a . village only a few miles from Naza reth, the boyhood home of Jesus. The wedding to which he and his mother were invited was probably a neighbor hood event within the circle of rela tives and friends of the family. In tne midst of the festivities, the re freshments gave out before the guests ' were all served. It was a most em barrassing situation and the fact that - Marv was concerned about itindi- csJfiS her intimate relationship to the family. - She turned instinctively to Jesus for. help in the emergency, showing how naturally she had learned to de pend on him and trust his resourceful ness in the details of family life. Feel- . ing that he would know just what to do in this domestic crisis, she told the , servants, "Do whatever he tells you." The rest of the story is familiar. The significance of this incident is that it reveals to us that Jesus is interested in the homel and in all the celebra tions of life. No relationship is so im portant and no incident so trifling but that they can be transformed by the spirit of Jesus.. He would like to be . master of our entire life, rejoicing with us when we rejoice and comfort ing us when we are sad. The second incident, with which this lesson is particularly concerned, is - that of Jesus going up to Jerusalem for the celebration of one of the out standing feast-days of the Jews the Passover. Going into the temple, he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-chargers busy at their trade. . The animals had been brought in for the people to buy for use as sacrifices in the Temple, while the money-chargers handled the purchases and, through various forms of graft, cheat ed the people. Not only did they pro fit by their nefarious transactions, but even the Temple authorities profited through a system of graft of their . Own. . Filled with righteous indignation at this desecration of his Father's House, Jesus, taking a whip, of cords, drove them all, with the sheep and the oxen, out of the Temple. Then, tak ing the coins of the money-chargers, he poured them out and overturned their tables. Turning to those who sold the pigeons, he ordered: "Take these things away; you shall not make my Father's house a. house of trade." This was Jesus' first public and un mistakable assertion of his authority. ' He spoke and acted as one who had, not only the right of" ; interference which any good man might claim, but too, a right altogether-unique. He spoke: of the Temple as "my' Father's house," as though he were delegated by a, divine commission to set things right. . -,4 c liyi ;'..- Jesus was. and is. not anlv ntnroif. ed in the welfare of individuals, butJ '? in those social, pol' .'cal and re jious reforms which t' :St tie rel. - (Continued or. I-j,lhreei Ml 3 A BUTTER i CITIZEN! GO TO COME NEXT SUNDAY U--fJr- UTOEBVINHIS PADDY'S SHOES. A Imitation it en of the bade Impulses of ban lift. From aarllest Infancy man tin learned th wayi of Ufa and tbt paths of progress by Iraltat inf othart who possess and practice such knowl dga. Tha child ltarna to walk aa tha fledgling learna to fly by Imitating ita parents. Tha Impulse to imltato othara ia stronger in ln fancy and childhood than at any othar period in lite. Tha child ia anxious to leant things and to be able to do things as grown-ups do in this treat, bic lnterestina world. That ia why the little boy in tha picture tries to walk in hi daddy s shoes. Children learn to walk in thalr Dtrents foot steps in many waya, during this formative period of their Uvea. They acquire their habits, their mental attitudea and their sense of values mainly from their ciders. And these are tha thinga that wilt most -largely determine their characters and shaoe their courses in the veara to come. This makea if all-important for people to walk uprightly before their children. and lead tnem in tne waya 01 strengtn and safety. Above all, parents should teach their children the dependence of all life upon God, and the value of religion and the Church aa the guardian of man a apiritual existence. And tnis . i . i : f -must De none, miv uvwii aui precept upon precept, in practlca as well as in words. 33s$v?J V.; ' 4 - X.. T'-.i." ror n. - " mm Tm.. . W'houi a .ZT!5'rth'aiar- " S' r . found Port VOTW, and iiuaroo'. I For i.L hia W For tl, . Z"r.a ods hi. z .vrn.un ' aurm nu end ChPttr .""day .ru"'"ana i irz? 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M. m Fifth Sunday Woodland Church 11:00 A. M. Prayer Meeting each Wednsda Winfall Church, 7:00 F. M. o . ANDERSON'S METHODlS'l CHURCH C. H. Beale, Pastor Church SAool, 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 A. M., sec ond and fourth Sundays. WOODVILLE BAPTIST CHURCH Harvey L. Coppidge, Pastor Church Services on second and fourth Sundays at 11 A. M. First and Third Sundays at 7.45 P. M. Sunday School 9:45 A. M. UP RIVER FRIENDS CHURCH James Rahenkamp, Pastor Sunday School, 9:45 A. M. Church Services 11 A. M., - 7:30 P. M. Christian Endeavor, 6:30 P. M. Prayer Service, Wednesday 7:30 P. M. o BETHEL BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. Bennie Crawford, Pastor Sunday School, 10 A. M. Preaching first and third Sundays at 11 A, M. Preaching second and fourth Sun day evening at 7:30. PINEY WOODS FRIENDS CHURCH D. Virgil Pike, Pastor Church School 10 A. M. Morning Worship 11 A. M. Young People's Meeting TP. 1L WHITEVILLE GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH Caleb Goodwin. Jr, Pastor Sunday School, 10:30 A, M., every Sunday except third Sunday. Church sevices every third Sunday at 3 P.M. HERTFORD METHODIST CHURCH A. L, Chaplin, Pastor Church School. 9:45 A. M. Morning Worship, 1J :00 o'clock. Youth Fellowship, 6:45 P. M. Evening Worship, 7:30 P. M. Mid-week Fellowship, Wednesday t 7:30 P. M. : O- BAGLEY SWAMP PILGRIM Coy S. Saunders, Paster Sunday School, 10:00 A. M. Morning Worship, 11:00 o'clock. Young People's Meeting, 6:80 P. M. Evening Worship, 7:30 o'clock. Mid-week Services, Thursday at 7:30 P.M. HOLY TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH Rev. Charles F. Wulf, Rector. 9:45 A. M., Church School, every Sunday. 9:00 A. M., Holy Communion, 1st Sun. day. 8:30 A. M., Holy Communion, 2nd, 4th, 5th Sundays. 11:00 A. M., Holy Communion, 3rd Sunday. 11:00 A. M., Morning Prayer, 2nd, 4th, 5th Sundays. 10:09 A. M., Holy Communion, Fri days and Saints' Days. BEREA CHURCH OF CHRIST Walker Perry, Pastor 2nd and 4th Sunday at 10:80 A. M. 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